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Tea Well-Wishes in Contemporary Kalmyk Lyric Poetry: The Folklore Aspect Revisited [PDF]
Introduction. The article examines the genre of tea well-wishes in contemporary Kalmyk lyric poetry through the prism of folklore tradition. The fact that the theme has been somewhat understudied from the latter perspective makes the work relevant enough.
Rimma M. Khaninova
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Tea Well-Wishes in 20th-Century Kalmyk Lyric Poetry: The Folklore Aspect Revisited [PDF]
Introduction. In Kalmyk folklore, the genre of tea well-wishes (Kalm. цәәд тәвх йѳрәл) accompanies many rituals characterized by magic poetry and aimed to secure health, longevity, well-being, human happiness, as well as preservation and prosperity of ...
Rimma M. Khaninova
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Yatha in Kalmyk folklore and lyrics of the 20th century: the poetics of a musical instrument
The article examines the poetics of the musical instrument ‘yath’ (yatha) in Kalmyk folklore and lyrics of the 20th century. The purpose of the article is to study the tradition of this Kalmyk musical instrument in the aspect of its reflection in the ...
Rimma M. Khaninova
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The subject of the work is the Kalmyk fairy tale about the eagle and the raven, which is present in the story of A.S. Pushkin “The Captain’s Daughter” (1836). One group of scientists believes that this fairy tale-parable was composed by A.S.
A. A. Burykin
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Toponyms in the Kalmyk folklore
The article analyses the toponyms of Kalmykia as they appear in Kalmyk folklore, where many of the phonetic, morphological and lexical features of the Kalmyk language has been preserved – the ones that slipped out of active use by contemporary native ...
Evdokya E. Khabunova +2 more
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The Kalmyk Folklore Corpus: Plots of Household Fairy Tales
The Kalmyk Folklore Corpus is a scholarly publication of unique and vivid folklore compositions. Inter alia, it aims to introduce newly discovered records into scientific discourse.
Irina S. Nadbitova
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Bear in Kalmyk Folklore: Semantic Typological Reconstruction Approached
Goals. The article examines bear-related rudiments of Kalmyk folklore and draws semantic parallels with the bear cult of Tungus-Manchu and other Turko-Mongolian peoples to reconstruct Kalmyk mythoritual representations about this animal.
Danara V. Ubushieva
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Kalmyk Folklore and Ethnography Studies: U. D. Dushan’s Works
The article analyzes materials collected by Ulyumdzhi D. Dushan (1892–1974) among the Kalmyks in the 1920s to 1930s, the former serving as a valuable folklore and ethnographic source. Being a professional physician to have received a classical European
A. Burykin, D. Muzraeva
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Introduction. The work introduces field data on traditional treatment methods recorded from ethnic Kalmyks during the 2012–2017 folklore and ethnographic expeditions across Kalmykia arranged by the Gorodovikov Kalmyk State University. Goals.
Evdokia E. Khabunova
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Introduction. There are a great number of “familiar” motifs and plotlines in Kalmyk folklore that originate from mythology. One such archaic story of a universal character in the Turkic-Mongolian world is a cosmogonic myth of the heavenly hunter and the ...
Danara V. Ubushieva
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